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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1825
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BALA-PAT, n. (See quot.)Sc. 1825 Jam.2:
Bala-pat. “A pot in a farm-house for the use of the family during harvest, exclusive of the reapers' pot”; Allan's Dict. (1807).
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